Lug-strap fastener for loom picker-sticks.



PATENTED MAY 22 1906.

G E.. PRESCOTT.

LUG STRAP FASTENER FOR LOOM PIGKBR STICKS.

APPLIOATICN FILED APR. 19, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIO GEORGE E. PRESCOTT, OF SKOWHEGAN, MAINE,ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH TO CLYDE H. SMITH AND ONE-FOURTH TO BLIN W.PAGE,

OF SKOWHEGAN, MAINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1906.

Application filed April 19,1905. Serial No. 256,337.

The present invention relates tolooms, and

more particularly to the fastening means whereby the lug-strap issecured to the pickerstick.

The object. of the invention is to provide fastening means which willpermit the lugstrap to be readily adjusted on the pickerstick withoutinjury to the latter; and to this end the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention, only so much of the loombeing shown as will suffice to show the connection of the inventiontherewith. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 5 denotes the lay-beam, 6, thepicker-stick; 7, the shaft carrying the arm 8, which is connected by alink 9 and lug-strap 10 with the picker-stick and actuates the latter.The strap 10 extends around the picker-stick and between lugs 11, formedon a block 12, which is fitted on the back of the stick. The block isadjustably secured to the stick by a clip to be described.

The clip comprises plates 13 and 14, respectively, which are on oppositesides of the picker-stick and are joined by stems 15. A

rod 16 extends across the face of the block 12 and has its outer endsbent to form eyes 17, through which the stems 15 pass. The block isgrooved to receive the rod, and a plate 18, fastened to the block andextending across the groove, secures the rod 16. A set-screw 19 isthreaded through the plate 13 and bears on the plate 18. When theset-screw is tightened, the block 12 will be tightly clamped to thepicker-stick. Upon loosening the setscrew the block can be readilyshifted to another position on the picker-stick. A jamnut 20 is providedfor locking the set-screw.

It will be seen that this clamping device op.- erates without injury tothe picker-stick. When the lug-strap is fastened to the pickerstick bythe usual loop-strap (which is secured to the picker-stick by screws)and it is desired to change the position of the lug strap, it isnecessary to take out the screws to unfasten the loop-strap. Frequentchanges in the adjustment result in injury to the picker-stick by reasonof the number of holes made by the screw and which at times causes thepicker-stick tosplit. This difliculty is entirely avoided by the use ofthis invention, and the desired adjustment can be readily andexpeditiously made. No special loom construction is required and thedevice can be applied to any ordinary picker-stick.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a picker-stick and its lug-strap; of a block onthe pickerstick around which block the lug-strap passes; plates onopposite sides of the picker-stick; stems connecting said plates; a rodsecured to and extending across the face of the block, and having itsouter ends bent to form eyes through which the stems pass; and aclamping-screw threaded through one of the aforesaid plates and bearingon the block.

2. The combination with a picker-stick and its lug-strap; of a block onthe pickerstick around which block the lug-strap passes, and said blockhaving a groove extending across its face;-a rod extending through thegroove and having its outer ends extending beyond the block and formedwith eyes; plates on opposite sides of the picker-stick; stemsconnecting said plates and extending through the aforesaid eyes aclamping-screw threaded through one of the aforesaid plates; and a plateon the block over the groove on which plate the clamping-screw bears.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEO. E. PRESCOTT. Witnesses:

S. W. GOULD, JAs. MQVEIGI-I.

